Yesterday marked another significant delay in the trial of Omar Khadr before a U.S. Military Commission. Despite this, it is virtually certain that our Prime Minister will continue to refuse to take any action to help secure Khadr’s release. Why is that? The answer, as one might expect during a federal election, is pure and [...]

Omar Khadr has fought and is fighting many battles, and one such has been in his country – suing Canada for interview records that the Canadian authorities conducted with him in Guantanamo Bay and handed to the U.S. authorities. The Supreme Court of Canada – allowing great reservations to those ever-so-illusive national security concerns – [...]

Omar Khadr, the Toronto-born, Canadian citizen currently being detained at the infamous Guantanamo Bay prison, will be given the attention of the Supreme Court of Canada this week. The Canadian government is appealing an order of the Federal Court of Appeal, Khadr v. Canada (Minister of Justice), 2007 FCA 182. Because this case has national-security [...]

Omar Khadr is the only Canadian citizen detained at the U.S. military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Last week, the Supreme Court decided to hear the Crown’s appeal of a Federal Court of Appeal ruling that may provide Mr. Khadr with access to documents held by the Canadian government regarding the charges he faces before [...]